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Cathe Live Review: Metabolic Madness (#267)

Updated: Oct 8, 2019

Cathe Live: Metabolic Madness


Cathe Live Review: Metabolic Madness (#267)


Metabolic Madness is fun and fairly tough metabolic total body workout. This was actually tougher than I was expecting, for some reason, and I was pretty drenched by the end of it!

The workout is made up of fourteen metabolic strength exercises that you run through one after the other. Once completed you then get a short water break before repeating them all again. On the second round Cathe does forget the first exercise though, marching sumos, so these are inserted later in the round instead.


All of the exercises are very metabolic and provide a nice cardio effect even though there is no real cardio in this routine. The majority of the moves are compound and are generally done for 10 – 24 reps - so you will be feeling the work on some of these! In addition, the alternating front punches are done for much longer – the first set is 200 reps! Cathe uses 3 pound dumbbells for these and, before I started the set, I was debating whether to use 5’s instead but I am glad I didn’t - I was really feeling these by the end!


Cathe uses generally light to moderate weights for this routine and I generally stayed with the same weights, just using 5’s instead of 3’s a few times. However, I still got a great workout. I particularly found the rear lunges with 1 arm overhead press and the straight leg lifts with overhead tricep extensions pretty tough and was struggling on these towards the end. The rear lunges are also quite fast so, at times, I found it quite difficult to keep good form with a 15 pound dumbbell.


Overall, this was an excellent and fun metabolic workout that will work the body well and provide a good cardio effect too. I will definitely be returning to this one - as the workout just flew by and I really love these types of workout!


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The Workout


Metabolic Madness is metabolic total body workout that consists of a round of fourteen exercises that are then repeated. Cathe uses light to moderate dumbbells for this routine.


What You Need to Know

What you need to know: Instructor: Cathe Friedrich. Length: 46 mins. Equipment needed: 5 – 15# dumbbells & a mat. Optional: Lifting gloves. Fun Factor: 4/5. Sweat Factor: 3/5. Coordination: 2/5

(Rating scale – 1= lowest & 5 = highest).


The Moves


Metabolic Madness is 46 minutes long and originally aired on 26th September 2019 (#267). The workout starts with a 4:30 minute warm-up before moving into the first exercise.


Round 1a

  • Marching sumos – one 15# dumbbell – marching in place

  • Pulsing static lunge with chest press – two 10# dumbbells – 10 reps each side

Static lunge & chest press















  • 1 Deadlift & 4 calf raises – two 15# dumbbells – 6 sets

  • Rear lunge, stand & 1 arm overhead press (these are reasonably fast) – one 15# dumbbell – 12 reps each side

  • Squat to lunge combo (with little hops & punching arm across the body) – two 3# dumbbells (I used 5’s) – 16 reps

  • 4 Squats & 4 calf raises – two 15# dumbbells – 6 sets

  • Walk out plank & push-ups – mat – 5 sets (1st set is 1 push-up, 2nd set is 2 push-ups, then 3 etc up to 5 push-ups)

  • Straight leg lifts & 1 arm overhead tricep extensions – one 10# dumbbell – 24 reps each side

  • Dynamic front lunge raises (forward leaning lunge & knee lift with lateral raise) – two 3# dumbbells (I used 5’s) – 8 sets of 3’s

Dynamic Front Lunge Raises














  • Scarecrow lifts with hamstring curls – two 5# dumbbells – 12 reps each side

  • Rear delt flys – two 10# dumbbells – 6 sets of 3’s

  • Bicep curls (pyramid style) – two 15, 12 & 10# dumbbells - 10 reps at each weight increment

  • Alternating side lunge & upright row – two 12# dumbbells – 12 reps

  • Alternating front punches – two 3# dumbbells – 200 reps!


Quick water break at 22:50 minutes


Round 1b

  • Pulsing static lunge with chest press – two 10# dumbbells – 12 reps each side

  • 1 Deadlifts & 4 calf raises – two 15# dumbbells – 8 sets

  • Marching sumos – one 15# dumbbell – turning in a circle

  • Rear lunge, stand & 1 arm overhead press (these are reasonably fast) – one 15# dumbbell – 12 reps each side

Quick water break at 29:10 minutes

  • Squat to lunge combo (with little hops & punching arm across the body) – two 3# dumbbells (I used 5’s) – 16 reps

  • 4 Squats & 4 calf raises – two 15# dumbbells – 7 sets

  • Walk out plank & push-ups – mat – 5 sets (1st set is 1 push-up, 2nd set is 2 push-ups, then 3 etc up to 5 push-ups)

  • Straight leg lifts & 1 arm overhead tricep extensions – one 10# dumbbell – 24 reps each side

Straight leg lifts & 1 arm overhead tricep extension














  • Dynamic front lunge raises (forward leaning lunge & knee lift with lateral raise) – two 3# dumbbells (I used 5’s) – 8 sets of 3’s

  • Scarecrow lifts with hamstring curls – two 5# dumbbells – 16 reps each side

  • Rear delt flys – two 10# dumbbells – 6 sets of 3’s

  • Bicep curls (pyramid style) – two 15, 12 & 10# dumbbells - 10 reps at each weight increment

  • Alternating side lunge & upright row – two 12# dumbbells – 12 reps

  • Alternating front punches – two 3# dumbbells – 100 reps

Alternating front punches












The workout ends with a 2:30 minute cool down and stretch.


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Enid M
Enid M
14 juli

This was a fun workout, time flew by. I used lighter weights and was sweating. All around great metabolic strength workout.

Gilla

jodi1kenobe
15 aug. 2021

What a fun workout. A lighter day workout--' though you'll still sweat.


My modifications: I did ab work in lieu of that second set of weighted jabs. I dropped on the floor for leg thrusters and bicycles.

Gilla
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